FDNY EMT Driver Kills Pedestrian in Bronx Crosswalk
An FDNY EMT driver making a left turn hit and killed a 56-year-old pedestrian at East Gun Hill Road and DeKalb Avenue, where surveillance video showed the man had a steady walk signal.
What We Know
An FDNY EMT driver hit a 56-year-old man at East Gun Hill Road and DeKalb Avenue in the Bronx early Jan. 2, 2022. City crash records place the fatal crash at 1:22 a.m. and record one pedestrian death. The Daily News reported that surveillance video showed the man entered the crosswalk with a steady walk signal as the EMT made a left turn from DeKalb Avenue onto East Gun Hill Road. FDNY sources told the paper the EMT was not using lights and siren and was not responding to an emergency. Officials said medics took the pedestrian to North Central Bronx Hospital, where he died; the driver remained at the scene and had not been charged at the time of the report.
A left turn at a Bronx crosswalk
The city crash record says a 56-year-old male pedestrian was killed at East Gun Hill Road and DeKalb Avenue at 1:22 a.m. on Jan. 2, 2022, with no other injuries recorded.
The Daily News reported that surveillance video showed the pedestrian entered the crosswalk with a steady walk signal as an FDNY EMT driver made a left turn from DeKalb Avenue onto East Gun Hill Road and hit him.
East Gun Hill Road at DeKalb Avenue
The crash happened at East Gun Hill Road and DeKalb Avenue in Norwood, near North Central Bronx Hospital, according to the Daily News and city crash records.
CrashCountNYC’s street context for East Gun Hill Road in the Bronx shows 1,041 crashes, 708 injuries, 42 serious injuries and 3 deaths since 2022.
The pedestrian and the EMT driver
The official record identifies the person killed as a 56-year-old male pedestrian who was at the intersection. The Daily News did not publish his name in the reviewed article.
The article identified the driver as an FDNY EMT. The official vehicle record lists the driver as a licensed New York driver in a 2015 Ford ambulance with two occupants.
Video and emergency-response details
FDNY sources told the Daily News the EMT was not using lights and siren and was not on the way to an emergency. The paper also reported that the EMT had just left North Central Bronx Hospital before the crash.
Medics took the man to a nearby hospital
Officials told the Daily News that medics in a second ambulance arrived quickly and took the pedestrian down the block to North Central Bronx Hospital, where he died. The driver remained at the scene and had not been charged at the time of the report.